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Piaget for Dance Educators: A Theoretical Study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 July 2014

Susan W. Stinson
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Most individuals who spend serious time with children recognize that children are not simply small versions of adults. Not only are their bodies different, but they also think differently. The dance educator, just like other educators, must attempt to see the world from the child's point of view if the teaching-learning process is to be successful.

One framework for conceiving the world from the child's point of view comes from Jean Piaget, a scientist who was interested in the development of cognitive skills used in science—ordering, classifying, inferring, thinking in propositions, and hypothesizing. Such skills are important not only in science, but in any logical use of the intellect. Inasmuch as dance educators claim interest in the child's intellectual as well as emotional and physical self, an understanding of Piaget's theories may generate valuable insight. Yet neither Piaget nor his many followers who have applied his theories to specific areas of education have examined dance education through this lens.

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Research Article
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Dance Research Journal , Volume 17 , Issue 1 , Spring/Summer 1985 , pp. 9 - 16
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Copyright © Congress on Research in Dance 1985

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